A lot of it is skill
but you can get quite far with luck it seems.

There's two schools - one is technical, they know the odds at every point, accumulate statistics on their opponents and figure in how they've played in previous hands. The other is more emotional and concentrates on reading the opponent, deciding whether they're strong or weak on body language and betting.

Of course, online it's different again, although the first method has obvious advantages which is why a lot of the "internet phenoms" at live events tend to play that way.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:32, 2 replies, latest was 15 years ago)

I suppose playing online
Gives you the chance to use multiple windows that would allow you calculate the percentages?
( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:36, Reply)

probbly
I don't, I'm usually drunk when I play online.

I play really fast games against people who've never seen me before. By the time they realise I don't know what I'm doing it's too late.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:38, Reply)

What would your poker-playing nickname be?

( JeffTheDogFucker Can you dig it?, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:45, Reply)

Donkey I suspect
don't play enough live games to get a proper nickname. Got a poker evening this weekend for a mates birthday though, I shall try and acquire one by being lolwaki.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:52, Reply)

I was playing poker with my friends at the weekend
I'm a bit unpredictable when I play, so almost impossible to read. On top of that I kept getting super lucky
( Citizen Cavy Admires your passion for conformity, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:38, Reply)

sounds exactly like me
especially the luck.
( The Light in Chains don't touch the Pope's boner, Wed 3 Nov 2010, 21:39, Reply)